The Excel Developers List's reason for existence is to serve as a forum on
the Internet for people who are doing, or want to do, sophisticated things
with Microsoft Excel. We want to encourage exploration of Excel's nooks and
crannies (Hey! Undocumented: FOO.BAR macro works on arrays!), and as much
as possible, avoid the well-worn paths (How do I insert rows?). While we
do expect some degree of sophistication from our posters, new or casual
Excel users are welcome to read the list.

EXCEL-L originated as the Internet Excel Developers List started by Clay
Bridges at Carnegie Mellon and later administered by Tim Tow, CPA, of
Intergraph Corporation. The list was transferred to INDYCMS (then a VM
LISTSERV site at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis) in
January 1994 by Tim Tow and Nathan Brindle of Indiana University (now with
L-Soft international, Inc.). The list was moved to the current server in
January of 1995 by Nathan Brindle.

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